Candy-package.



L. HIRSCHFELD.

CANDY PACKAGE. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 5' 1915.

1,1 69,035. Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

WITNESSES fIWENmR 5% m 160 filflfC/i 6/42 I y By A TTORNEYS LEO HIRSCHFELD, OF NEW YORK, N. 'Y., ASSIGNOR T0 STERN 8a SAALBERG- 00., OF NEW- YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. v

CANDY-ZPACKAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. is, rare.

Application filed October 5, 1915. Serial No. 54,161. D

- and exact description.

My invention relates to a candy package or roll.

An object thereof is to provide apackage formed of individual or separate sections united by parafiined joints to prevent the sections from sticking together and whereby the individual sections can be easily separated when consuming the candy.

A further object of the invention is to provide an inexpensive and attractive package of candy the individual sections of which are maintained together, in addition to the paraffined joints, by a parafiined wrapper which maintains all of thesections in alinement and protects them from'dust and the influence of the atmosphere.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of the specification, in which like characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views. 7

Figure 1 is a-perspective view of my candy package; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the candy stick, a portion of the wrapper and candy sections being broken out to'better illustrate the structure of the stick; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the package section; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a paraflined joint for uniting the sections. Heretofore candy sticks have been made A in a single piece. The disadvantage is selfapparent. Some tool is necessary for severing the 'stlck into sections; and this necessity made the sale of large sticks of candy very limited andunprofitable. To overcome these defects many candy. manufacturers have made candies in sections, each wrapped independently to revent sticking and sold in a container, w ich rendered the resulting article very expensive, due to the work involved, and such articles could not be sold as a' candy stick for they were not in the shape of a stick.

To overcome the above objections and produce a more marketable, article having the shape ofa stick, Iv have produced a candy package of several independent sections 5, preferably of cylindrical shape. The successive sections of the package are placed end to end, and to prevent sticking Q a parafiined joint in the shape of a disk 6 1s interposed between the joined sections. The adhesion between the section and disk is suflicient to maintain the sections together, but a slight pressure on a section will detach the same from the adjoining section.

To render the joined sections sanitary, the same are wholly inclosed in a paraifined wrapper 7, which is further protected by a paper covering 8 and a tinfoil covering 9, a

binding sleeve 10 being fit't (1 over the tinfoil to reinforce it in the centfhl part. The soformed package of candy may he said to be formed of a plurality of candy rolls, which are the sections 5 joined by the paraffined disks into a single unit which is separable, without any tool, into its constituent sections when the wrappers thereof are re-' moved partly or totally. This arrangement has the advantage of allowing a person to share the candy stick with another without the sanitary disadvantages normally encountered inrthe sharing of ordinary candy sticks, particularly when the sharing is done by children.

I claim:

1. A candy package comprising, a pluralitygpf sections, uniform in size and shape, and united by transversal, separable joints which prevent direct contact between the adjoining sections.

2. A candy package comprising, a plurality of separate sections of uniform size and shape, and paraffined joints uniting the sections.

3. A candy package comprising, rality of separate, cylindrical sections of uniform size, araflined disks uniting the ends of the ad oining sections, a parafiined wrapper inclosing all of said sections, and a. protecting cover for said paraflined wrapper.

, In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEO HIRSCHFELD. I

Witnesses: SAML F. WILLIAMS, v JAcoBSAALBERe.

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